W. Manchin (Ostensibly) On Board, Climate Bill Must Get Vote Of Sen. Flouncy Strutmuppet

[hatrack]

The most ambitious attempt yet to pass climate legislation in the US may have surprisingly won the crucial backing of a senator who owns a coal company. Now it faces a further, deeply ironic, obstacle – a lawmaker who was once a member of the Green party. Last week, Joe Manchin, the centrist West Virginia senator who has been lavished by donations from the fossil fuel industry and made millions of dollars from his ownership of a coal-trading firm, stunned Washington by announcing his support for $369bn in spending to boost renewable energy and slash planet-heating emissions.

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But there is no guarantee of Sinema’s support, given her mercurial career, which began as a Green party member who was anti-war and criticized capitalism, before becoming one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress. Since being elected to the US Senate in 2018, the first Democrat to do so from Arizona since 1976, Sinema has become best known for her colorful wigs, unconventional outfits and calls for bipartisan agreement with Republicans.

Her previous action to block Biden’s initial attempt at climate legislation has alarmed advocates and some scientists who warn the US is running out of time to act on global heating. “It seems distinctly possible that she will sink the bill, or make enough concessions to Republican opponents to climate action that the bill is rendered toothless,” said Michael Mann, a climate scientist at Penn State University. “She seems much more interested in working toward the interests of her corporate donors than the people she is supposed to represent. I hope that my suspicions are proven wrong.”

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Republicans have not given up hope of obstructing the bill’s progress, with Pat Toomey, a GOP senator from Pennsylvania, expressing optimism that Sinema could be convinced to vote against it. “I’m not speculating about what she is going to do, but I do know there are some provisions in this field that she has had reservations in the past,” Toomey told Bloomberg on Monday. “I’m looking forward to chatting with her this week.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/02/biden-agenda-climate-kyrsten-sinema

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Sen. Flouncy Strutmuppet.... you mean Crispy Cinnamon?

[hatrack]

2. *Snorting Noise Goes Here*

[CurtEastPoint]

3. I was being kind. She's vile.

[mucifer]

8. greedy mcmoney (I guess that's both of them)

[sop]

4. Is she planning another dramatic curtsy?

[MontanaMama]

5. K & R

On a side note, “Sen Flouncy Strutmuppet”….

[hatrack]

6. I do try to be entertaining . . .

[2naSalit]

10. That's a DUzy for sure!

[OneBro]

7. What does the "Green Party" think of its spawn?

[niyad]

9. you nearly owed me a keyboard.

[hunter]

11. The "greens" have a lot in common with the Republicans.

They consider anti-intellectualism a virtue.

[brer cat]

12. K&R for the thread title.